Jannik Sinner has been on a roll lately, the Italian has emerged all of a sudden and won three Grand Slams out of nowhere. Sinner retained the Australian Open championship last week by defeating Alexander Zverev in the final in straight sets. With the consistency he has showcased in the recent past, he looks like a promising candidate to rule the game for a good number of years in the future along with Carlos Alcaraz.

Despite displaying an impressive on-court IQ and a knack for killing the point when it matters, the 23-year-old is subjected to presenting boring play. The player gets into the long rallies and comes as a defensive player, a style of play, which does not appeal to many fans. However, long ago Novak Djokovic also faced the same criticism but he went on to win 24 Grand Slams and become arguably the greatest ever player to step onto the court.

A former player Arnaud Clement addressed the flak that Jannik Sinner is facing and countered the claims by giving the example of who else than the Djoker.

“We could say that for a long time about Novak Djokovic and some still say it: it may be boring, but practised at that level… I may have a different way of looking at it from the general public, but I find it fabulous,” Arnaud Clement on Jannik Sinner’s playstyle being boring.

Jannik Sinner’s emergence and domination have left the fans contemplating whether the sport finally has moved on from the shadows of Big 3 and the new generation has arrived to take over. With Jannik Sinner winning three out of the last five slams and Carlos Alcaraz already in the fray with four Grand Slam wins, the stage is set for the epic rivalry to form. Moreover, with Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev also in contention, it can be said that the future of Tennis is in safe hands.